La Fondation

5.0 star property

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Meeting facility
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Business center
Rooftop terrace
2 restaurants, breakfast, lunch, dinner served; French cuisine

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Gym
  • Pet friendly
  • Parking available
  • Spa
$487
includes taxes & fees
Dec 14 - Dec 15

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40 Rue Legendre, Paris, 75017
  • Place, Champs-Élysées
    ‪11 min drive‬
  • Place, Arc de Triomphe
    ‪12 min drive‬
  • Place, Palais Garnier
    ‪18 min drive‬
  • Airport, Paris (CDG-Roissy-Charles de Gaulle)
    ‪33 min drive‬

Room options

Superior Double Room

  • 226 sq ft
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Deluxe Double Room

  • 258 sq ft
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Executive Double Room

  • 301 sq ft
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Junior Suite with Balcony - Sacrée vue

  • 420 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite with Balcony - Esprit libre

  • 646 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Suite with Sacré Coeur view

  • 581 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

Deluxe Connecting Rooms

  • 484 sq ft
  • 2 bedrooms
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Superior Room

  • Sleeps 2

Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 2

Executive Room

  • Sleeps 2

Connecting Deluxe Room

  • Sleeps 4

Junior Suite With Balcony - Sacree Vue

  • Sleeps 2

Suite With Balcony - Esprit Libre

  • Sleeps 2

Suite With Sacre Coeur View

  • Sleeps 2

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About this property

La Fondation

5-star hotel in 17th Arrondissement
This smoke-free hotel features 2 restaurants, an indoor pool, and a fitness center. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a sauna, and a rooftop terrace are onsite.
La Fondation offers 58 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and espresso makers. 50-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include bathrobes, slippers, hair dryers, and children's slippers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include safes and complimentary bottled water. In-room massages and irons/ironing boards can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center.
Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. There are 4 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include facials, body wraps, body scrubs, and body treatments.
In addition to an indoor pool, La Fondation provides a sauna and a fitness center. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.

Business-related amenities at this 5-star property consist of 4 meeting rooms and coworking spaces. Event facilities measuring 1055 square feet (98 square meters) include a conference center. This Beaux Arts hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, spa services, and multilingual staff. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.

La Fondation is a smoke-free property.

Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge on weekdays between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM and on weekends between 7:30 AM and 11:00 AM.
La Base - This brasserie specializes in French cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Restaurant La Fondation - This bistro serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open select days.
Le Rooftop - Onsite rooftop bar. Open select days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Key (Foundation for Environmental Education), a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Offsite parking within 1 mile (EUR 50 per day); discounts available
  • Secured, covered valet parking on site (EUR 50 per night)

Food and drink

  • Cooked-to-order breakfast available for a fee 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM on weekdays and 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends; EUR 38 per person
  • 2 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe

Restaurants on site

  • La Base
  • Le Rooftop
  • Restaurant La Fondation

Things to do

  • Art gallery
  • Gym
  • Indoor pool
  • Sauna
  • Steam room

Family friendly

  • In-room babysitting (surcharge)
  • Indoor pool
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Guidebooks
  • Lockers
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Proposal/romance packages
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Turndown service

Business services

  • 4 meeting rooms
  • Conference center (1,055 square feet of space)
  • Coworking space

Outdoors

  • Rooftop terrace

Spa

  • 4 treatment rooms
  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Couples treatment rooms
  • Facials
  • In-room massages
  • Manicures/pedicures

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Hardwood flooring in room
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible spa

More

  • 10 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Beaux Arts architecture
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Children's slippers
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Slippers
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 50-inch flat-screen TV with cable/satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Champagne service
  • Espresso maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Meal delivery service
  • Minibar
  • Restaurant dining guides

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Mobile key entry
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Breakfast service is available from 7:30 AM to noon on December 25, 2025, and from 7:30-11 AM on January 1, 2026.
The rooftop terrace is open October 1-March 31.

Renovations and closures

The following facilities or services will be unavailable from December 25 2025 to December 25 2025 (dates subject to change):
  • Fitness facilities
The following facilities are closed seasonally each year. They will be closed from December 20 to January 5:
  • One of the dining venues
The property will be renovating from February 23 2026 to February 26 2026 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
  • Swimming pool
The following facilities are closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve:
  • Dining venue(s)
During renovations, the hotel will make every effort to minimize noise and disturbance.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 11.38 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately EUR 38 per person
  • Covered valet parking fee: EUR 50 per night
  • Nearby parking fee: EUR 50 per day (4921 ft away)
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Room service is available during the Christmas holidays. A special menu is offered on December 24, 2025.

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation
Pool access available from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

National rating

This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.

La Fondation Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 19 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 19 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 19 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 19 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 19 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Colin

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Smart hotel. Nice pool. Needs proper desks if to cater for business guests
Stayed 10 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bassem

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ezequiel

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

6/10 Okay

cedric

Business traveler
Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Average service with unproactive new team. The establishment is nice and well design but without a true 5 star service.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Honora

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is beautiful and we loved that we had a spacious room (the Executive room), with coffee and creamer. Bed wasn’t amazing but fine. The staff were very helpful and friendly and the underground pool and sauna, steam facilities were really lovely. Almost like a sauna house. Rooftop bar was also great but would benefit from serving food as well as drinks.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely, helpful staff who went above and beyond to make my wife's birthday weekend special.
View from the 6th floor
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

2/10 Terrible

Roxana Loera

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
DO NOT STAY AT THIS HOTEL! THIS IS A 1 STAR MOTEL. THIS IS NOT ONLY THE WORST HOTEL IN PARIS, FRANCE. THIS IS THE WORST HOTEL IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. The hotel has fake information on both their website and on the Hotels.com website. It is a total SCAM. I have never had a worse experience at a hotel in my entire life. This hotel has the worst service, it smells like a sewer, it has the most disgusting dirtiest rooms, (see photos) and the hotel lies on their website about the size of the rooms. Nothing works in the hotel room and even if you ask directly to the GM to simply make the lights work they ignore every request. They also lie about the size of the rooms on their website and on the Hotels.com website. I have never had to write a review like this before. Save your Time, and your money. I only stay at 5 star hotels with Hotels.com with a 9+ exceptional rating and I was scammed into booking this hotel. This hotel was advertised as a 5 star hotel! This is a one star motel, if that. It is dirty, the rooms are dark and tiny, and they are so small that it is impossible to even walk around the tiny queen bed to even get to what they call a Bathroom, which is impossible for even one person to fit in in their combination toilet/shower. The “General Manager”, is trash and completely incompetent. We brought all of the issues to her attention very politely on AFTER OUR arrival, hoping that something could at least be cleaned or fixed, and everything was completely ignored.
Everything in the room was dirty and disgusting in the housekeepers never cleaned anything and we were there for days because we had prepaid and the hotel refused to refund our money
More dirty lamps that were not cleaned even after 10 requests to the hotel staff and the General Manager
There is dirt and dust everywhere and this is after two days for we had requested specifically and showed them to clean this and send this photos
All of your clothing will be just disgustingly dirty because the hotel is so dirty and gross and the housekeepers do not wear deodorant and smell like sewage.  They don’t clean themselves they don’t clean the rooms either.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Zheng

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Roman and Williams's architectural design
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Pascal

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025